Chocolate Butter Cookies

Chocolate is the flavor which is liked by almost everyone either kids, youngsters or old people. Some people like me are chocoholic and can eat chocolate or cocoa flavor any number of time. I am fond of chocolate and chocolate preparations in anything. I like bitterness of cocoa. Dark chocolate is my favorite and perhaps my son's eating habits of Chocolate came from my side.

Cocoa and butter is great combination and I used this  combination in my recipe. This Chocolate butter cookies combines the bitterness of cocoa with butter which gives a great flavour.

Studies show that dark chocolate  can improve health and lower the risk of heart disease. If you buy quality dark chocolate with a high cocoa content, then it is actually quite nutritious. It contains a decent amount of soluble fiber and is loaded with minerals.

A 100 gram bar of dark chocolate with 70-85% cocoa contains :

• 11 grams of fiber.
• 67% of the RDA for Iron.
• 58% of the RDA for Magnesium.
• 89% of the RDA for Copper.
• 98% of the RDA for Manganese.
• It also has plenty of potassium, phosphorus, zinc and selenium.

Of course, 100 grams is a fairly large amount and not something you should be consuming daily. All these nutrients also come with 600 calories and moderate amounts of sugar.

For this reason, dark chocolate is best consumed in moderation. The above is for those who considers chocolate unhealthy for others they are already in love with chocolate.

I baked this recipe for one of our friends house warming occasion. We were invited there and I thought to gift my home made cookies so I cooked in morning , packed in a plastic box and gifted them. Response was awesome and specially the children liked it. Then I thought to share this recipe with my blog readers.
Recipe is as simple as my other cookies I posted earlier. Cocoa flavour with butter is a great great combination and when you have topping with Chocolate chips which melts in mouth is a experience like a heaven.
You guys can make it on any occasion like birthday party, kitty party, get together, to gift it anyone or festivals like Holi. As Holi is approaching so you can made it in advance and serve for Holi Milan.

I am very fond of cooking and try to explore new foods and dishes to cook and I love to bake cookies too. I have baked many types of Cookies so far and took step wise photos too but not getting time to write recipes and post on my blog. Only few cookies recipes have been posted till now by me on blog. But I would post all cookies recipe soon. Hopefully I would manage it. Actually my office schedule is very hectic. This Chocolate cookies is my favorite due to Chocolate and cocoa flavor so I was eager to share this recipe.

You can also check other recipes for cookies like cumin butter cookies, caramelised tutti fruity cookies, naan khatai and shahi paan butter cookies.

Ingredients: for 10 to 12 pieces of Cookies

1. All purpose refined flour: 1/2 cup or 1000 grams
2. Cocoa powder: 1/4 cup or 50 grams.
3. Butter : 100 gram
4. Powder sugar : 1/4 cup or 50 grams
5. Corn flour: 1/2 tsp
6. Baking powder : 1 tsp

Method of Preparation

1.   Take all purpose refined flour, coca powder and baking powder and sieve these in a dry bowl. Mix it and make sure that there is no any lump of coca powder in mixture.

2.   Take a bowl and put powder sugar. Add corn flour in this and mix well.
3.   Now take a bowl and put butter in this. Make sure that butter should be on room temperature.
4.   Add sugar cornflour mixture and beat either by hand beater or electric beater to make it creamy texture. Beat it upto 2 mintues.

5.    Now add dry ingredients mixture in butter sugar mixture and mix well. Make a dough type texture.

6.    Now add Chocolate chips keeping few pieces of Chocolate chips apart for topping.

7.   Mix well all ingredients together and keep it side.
8.   Take baking sheet. Line it up with parchment paper.
9.    Preheat the oven at 180 degree centigrade for 10 minutes.
10.  Divide the whole dough into small 10 pieces of lemon size
11.  Put these small pieces of dough in baking sheet keep sufficient distance between two pieces.
12.  Do topping with Chocolate chips on each pieces of dough.

13.  Bake it at 180 degree centigrade for 10 to 12 minutes. Now Cookies are baked.

14.   Let these cookies be cooled in baking sheet for 10 minutes. After that transfer all cookies on rack and wait for complete cool.

15.   After that you can now serve it your kids your guests and family. You can store it in airtight container for upto one months.


Notes:

1. Sieving of cocoa powder is important so that no any lump should be there
2. Butter should be at room temperature before beating it. To bring it on room temperature, take it out from freeze at least two hours before making cookies. Otherwise you can microwave it for 30 seconds. But it is better to take it out from freeze some times before.
3.  Don't beat butter and sugar for long times . 2 to 3 minutes beating is sufficient.
4.  Adding Chocolate chips in dough depends upon your taste. If you want to make it more Chocolaty then add more.
5.  Baking time and temperature is vary oven to oven so knowing your oven before baking is most important.
6.  You can also store Cookies dough in freeze upto one month. Prepare this dough, wrap in cling sheet and keep in freeze. Whenever you have to bake or serve take it out from freeze half an hour before at least. Now further process is same as above.  In this way you can serve you guests or organize a party easily.